I hope you would find these guidelines from the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) helpful even though this is not exactly a graph:

http://www.ease.org.uk/publications/ease-toolkit-authors/how-determine-who-should-be-author-paper

Also the material on these two web pages contains a fairly brief and to-the-point discussion of the criteria for determining authorship according to the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org):

https://louisville.edu/environmentalgenomics/bioinformatics-biostatistics-computational-biology-facility-core/guidelines-for-determining-co-authorship.html

http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/rcr/rcr_authorship/foundation/#2

as well as this RG discussion:

http://www.researchgate.net/post/Who_should_be_among_co-authors_of_the_scientific_paper

These articles from Nature Materials also could be of some use:

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v7/n2/full/nmat2112.html

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v3/n11/full/nmat1264.html

I hope you would find these guidelines from the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) helpful even though this is not exactly a graph:

http://www.ease.org.uk/publications/ease-toolkit-authors/how-determine-who-should-be-author-paper

Also the material on these two web pages contains a fairly brief and to-the-point discussion of the criteria for determining authorship according to the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org):

https://louisville.edu/environmentalgenomics/bioinformatics-biostatistics-computational-biology-facility-core/guidelines-for-determining-co-authorship.html

http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/rcr/rcr_authorship/foundation/#2

as well as this RG discussion:

http://www.researchgate.net/post/Who_should_be_among_co-authors_of_the_scientific_paper

These articles from Nature Materials also could be of some use:

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v7/n2/full/nmat2112.html

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v3/n11/full/nmat1264.html

Please follow the guidelines proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html

Hi James,

I remember seeing a similar table years ago as well, and would love to get my hands on it. I haven't found anything quite like it in my own searches. Did you end up finding it?

Kind regards,

Susannah

Hi Susannah

No luck with the original table unfortunately. I really thought it would be more widespread? Anyway, I found something in the same vein...

http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/unsc/v17n3/v17n3a07.pdf

just email me if you can't open the link and I'll flick you the pdf.

Tables 3 and 4 are handy.

cheers

James

Hi James,

That paper is quite handy actually. Thanks!

Cheers,

Susannah

no worries

http://ijaridea.com/Authorguide explains everything

I had the same problem. Came across a great table online a few weeks ago but now I can't find it...

However, Article A Suggested Procedure for Determining Order of Authorship In...

Ok, I have just created my own template for authorship order, mainly based off Winston (1985) but also incorporating a few other sources. Feel free to share if you find it useful.